Celebrity worship, medieval style
The Point (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
... small relic of a saint, perhaps a finger or a knuckle, and a major international destination was Santiago de Compostela, Spain, which features the translated body of not just a saint, but of an apostle, James. Okay, but Venice went on saint-gathering missions that netted not just the odd bone, including the skull of Saint John the Baptist, a rib of Saint Stephen, an arm of Saint George, a part...
